Was anyone else disappointed with the monkey from the last Woot Off?

May 6, 2012 3:19 AM

Mine came today, made in China, does not match my collection at all. I placed him with the other three, and he is indeed a sorry sight. Plastic nose, different mouth, poorly sewn legs. I feel so terribly sorry for the poor creature, I have asked the older three to please be kind to this obviously sad, deformed creature. He is sitting along-side them, but they are sort of ignoring him. Perhaps he will be accepted after awhile.

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I have seen the masked monkeys in the hardware stores for the last several years and I was so happy that the woot monkeys were not the same brand. The masked monkeys don't seem to have the quality and they don't feel as nice. That being said, my monkey collection will cease growing at the astronomically fantastic rate that it has for the last year and a half, as I have informed all my wooting friends to stop purchasing extras for me.

I finally pulled the trigger on a monkey, and was underwhelmed. Bought two, one doesn't screech. Which sucks, because I was hoping to shoot them at my neighbors, when they have guests. I'll get my lazy butt over to complain to woot later, would rather kvetch here.@theoneill555: I consider you our leading monkey maven, so I must defer to your expertise. Now I am sorry for waiting too long.

I have seen the masked monkeys in the hardware stores for the last several years and I was so happy that the woot monkeys were not the same brand. The masked monkeys don't seem to have the quality and they don't feel as nice. That being said, my monkey collection will cease growing at the astronomically fantastic rate that it has for the last year and a half, as I have informed all my wooting friends to stop purchasing extras for me.

I finally pulled the trigger on a monkey, and was underwhelmed. Bought two, one doesn't screech. Which sucks, because I was hoping to shoot them at my neighbors, when they have guests. I'll get my lazy butt over to complain to woot later, would rather kvetch here.@theoneill555: I consider you our leading monkey maven, so I must defer to your expertise. Now I am sorry for waiting too long.

@pickypickypicky: Those monkeys (at least the one I got) do, in fact, scream. There is a white plastic tab you have to remove to connect the battery. Honestly though, after the first scream or two, I wanted to put it back.

That was the first one (and most likely the last one) that I'll buy. The arms started coming unsewn after the first launch. Even my son seemed bored with it after the initial "OMG!"

i bet the other monkeys are already giving the new sad monkey wedgies and noogies. as much as you talk to them about bullying, forget it! when you turn your back, all monkey promises are off. poor thing

I have no idea what Woot! is doing but I don't like it. Why is Woot! changing everything and the quality decreasing but prices are staying the same. Beware Wooters, I forsee the price of shipping going up soon. First come the outsourcing, quality cuts and then the price increases to make more and more money.

I have to admit to being a bit disappointed. Other than what folks have already pointed out, it certainly doesn't look like the Pirate Monkey it was supposed to me. A mask? What about an eye patch? I clicked that big gold button too quickly, I guess. Should have looked more closely. I really wanted a pirate monkey to use as part of our pirate costumes for an annual event in the fall. This one looks like a superhero wannabee.

i ordered 3 for some reason, and none of the slits in the masks actually correspond to where the eyes are, and one came cape-less. and somehow there was an extra battery pull tab floating in the box...all 3 of mine had theirs in place....

@jseureau: I made a similar complain during the woot-off (http://goo.gl/VblbJ), and Woot staff (@brutherford) informed that it was not cost cutting measure, and that they were as surprised with the new model as everyone else.

Apparently (according to @joe43wv in the same thread), the company that produced them went under. However, I just typed the website shown in one of my monkeys (superflymonkey.com) and it's still up. There is no info on how to order through them (plus they wont have the woot logo), though.

The first time I ordered monkeys, one did not scream, I complained and Woot Staff returned my money for that monkey.

@gmwhit: I don't have any concrete evidence but I don't see them going with this design too long. At least not until i see a new M+M video. My guess would be they had the cheap CES monkeys as a promo, got a great price on those and maybe had some contract to make a few more. The new monkeys are really weak, and evil.

@w00tgurl: So far, whenever enter the room where they sit, they "seem" to be in a pleasant, non-confrontational mood. However, who knows what happens when I am not there? The cat and dog have reported not all is happiness, love, and contentment. I am hoping for better days for them; otherwise, the new arrival will have to sit in the garage. I am not sure who is being evil to whom at this point. Must call the security people and see what they have on tape.

I looked on Amazon yesterday for Superfly Monkeys and it Looked as though they had some that were the same. They came to a bit under five dollars with shipping but I decided to wait. On the Superfly Monkey website they had glow-in-the-dark monkeys. I can't decide if that is cool or scary.

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